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Pick an IT term you've heard. We'll tell you what it actually means, how worried you should be, and what to say next.

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Degraded system performance

* This is what your IT team actually means when they say this.

Your computer is trying to do too much at once and can't keep up. It's not broken — it's just overwhelmed. A bit like trying to have a Teams call while running 47 browser tabs and an antivirus scan.

Worth a raised eyebrow

Close whatever you don't need — especially browser tabs. Then restart the computer. If it's still slow after a clean start, your hardware might be ageing. A RAM upgrade or SSD replacement can add years to a machine's life. Worth a conversation with your IT team.

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